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The Sacramento BeeAugust 10, 2008With Massachusetts and California leading the way, Joyce Kauffman, a lawyer in Cambridge, said the rest of the nation will be forced to confront a basic question. "Are we going to treat everyone equally or not?" she asked. "It's a big question. And I think that the moral tenor of our society rests on the answer. I really do, because you can't treat some people as if they're second-class citizens and call yourself a true democracy." [Link]

MombianAugust 6, 2008Blogger Dana Rudolph writes, "Senators Obama and McCain have very different views of LGBT families, as I mentioned Monday. Yesterday, I received an e-mail from Obama’s campaign about the expansion of his LGBT leadership team. It only adds to his status as the candidate committed to LGBT families." [Link]

EurekAlert!July 30, 2008Which gay and lesbian couples are more likely to legalize their relationship and hold a commitment ceremony? Those with children and strong religious beliefs, says a new University of Illinois study. [Link]

Washington PostJuly 15, 2008Advocates for gay and lesbian parents are denouncing Sen. John McCain, an adoptive father himself, for opposing adoptions by gays, which prompted his presidential campaign to clarify Tuesday that he does not seek a federal ban on the practice. (Link)

FiredoglakeJuly 13, 2008Blogger Teddy Partridge discusses the U.S. Census Bureau's decision to leave out families of gay and lesbian couples in the census and what the experts are saying about this decision. (Link)

Associated PressJuly 12, 2008An anti-family campaign in Arkansas which is trying to gather enough signatures to ban adoption by gay and lesbian couples is failing as a result of the public's opposition to discrimination. (Link)

Leonard LinkJuly 13, 2008The blog discusses the U.S. Census Bureau's decision to not count marriages of same-sex couples, the problems this will cause, and the simple argument that, "a marriage is a marriage, and should be counted as such." (Link)

Mercury NewsJuly 12, 2008 The U.S. Census Bureau, reacting to the federal Defense of Marriage Act and other mandates, plans to edit the 2010 census responses of same-sex couples who marry legally in California, Massachusetts or any other state. They will be reported as "unmarried partners," rather than married spouses, in census tabulations. (Link)